and a poem by R. W. Gilder, entitled " How Paderewski Plays." In this number Mr. Stedman's essays on poetry are begun. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer has an article on " St. Paul's Cathedral," which is brilliantly illustrated by Jo seph Pennell. The United States Fish Commis sion is described by Mr. Richard Rathbun, a scientific member of the staff. Prof. Henry C. Adams presents a timely study of " The Farmer and Railway Legislation." Professor Boyesen tells of " An Acquaintance with Hans Christian Andersen." Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston, the popular story-writer, has a paper, illustrated by Kemble, on " Middle Georgia Rural Life." The Kipling- Balestier " Naulahka " is continued, as well as Dr. Weir Mitchell's " Characteristics." Hamlin Garland begins a serial in three parts, en titled " 01' Pap's Flaxen." Dorothy Prescott, a new writer, makes a social study of the environs of Boston in an illustrated story called " Our Tolstoi Club." Miss Viola Roseboro' tells the story of "The Village Romance; " and Mrs. Burton Harri son (author of "The Anglomaniacs " ), that of "Gay's Romance." William Dean Howklls's new . novel, " The World of Chance," begins in H arper's Magazine for March. Julian Ralph contributes a graphic article on " The Capitals of the Northwest," and in another article, entitled " Talking Musquash," — which ar ticle is superbly illustrated from drawings by Rem ington, — the same writer concludes his wonderfully entertaining description of the Hudson May coun try and the fur-trading industry of the Northwest. The very interesting series of " Personal Recollec tions of Nathaniel Hawthorne," by Horatio Bridge, is brought to a conclusion. The second of the noteworthy series of Danube articles, " From the P.lack Forest to the Black Sea," strengthens the good impressions made by the first. It is written by Poultney Bigelow, and richly illustrated by Al fred Parsons and F. D. Millet. Mr. De Blowitz, in another chapter of his memoirs, entitled " Alphonso XII. proclaimed King of Spain," gives a characteristic account of a remarkable feat of jour nalism, which led to his appointment as chief cor respondent of the " London Times " in Paris. With an article on the " London of George the Second, which is profusely illustrated by K. A. Abbey and others, Walter Besant brings his valuable and very popular series of London papers to a close.
The most interesting articles in the New England Magazine for March are " Recollections of Louisa May Alcott," by Mrs. Maria S. Porter; "Harvard Clubs and Club Life," by William Dana Orcutt; and " Milwaukee," by Capt. Charles King, the military novelist. The article on Har vard Club Life will attract a great deal of atten tion just now, when the newspapers are discussing the barbarities of the "fast set" at Harvard. It is beautifully illustrated, and gives a detailed de scription of the peculiar customs of the different college societies. Mr. Edwin D. Mead discusses the Chilian trouble, and takes the view that the United States has been made ridiculous by the recent explosion of war-brag. Everybody will read the article on " Louisa May Alcott " with in terest. It reveals the home life of this noble woman as it has never been revealed before.
Capt. Charles King contributes the complete novel to Lippincoit's Magazine for March. It is entitled " A Soldier's Secret," and is a vivid picture of army life. Under the heading " One Hundred Miles an Hour." Mr. Charles R. Deacon, of the Reading Railroad, discusses the facts and possibilities of railway speed, and rejects the pop ular notion that a faster rate necessarily means in creased danger. Certain facts anent " Rebuilding the Navy " are set forth by Mr. Harry P. Mawson. This article is liberally illustrated. Mr. C. H. Herford, an English scholar who has given special attention to the Sagas and their reproduction in modern literature, gives an account of " Ibsen's Earlier Work," and especially his "grand and lurid drama." '-The Vikings in Helgeland." There is a short story by Miss M. G. McClelland, and a brief sketch by Lillian A. North. The poetry of the number is by Anne Reeve Aldrich, S. Decatur Smith, Jr., Prof. Clinton Scollard, Ruth Johnston, and Nora C. Franklin. Scrihner's Magazine for March contains many noteworthy contributions. The opening pages have the widely announced last poem written by the late James Russell Lowell, entitled " On a Bust of General Grant," which is in the vein of Mr. Lowell's highest patriotism, ranking with the fa mous " Commemoration Ode." It includes a fac simile of one of the stanzas, showing the author's interlineations. Those interested in artistic sub
